'Bye again, for a short while and apologies by SignyM

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'Bye again, for a short while and apologies

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 08:12
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Sunday, March 27, 2011 8:51 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

I realize that I have become an increasingly angry poster here. It doesn't change any minds, it certainly doesn't help my blood pressure, and it definitely doesn't do any good.

For those who I have offended, I apologize. Time for a vacation from the board.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 8:55 AM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

At least you have a purpoise... also and coincidentally:

Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.com

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:07 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Oh damn, Sig, I wish you wouldn't. You have a LOT of valid stuff to say and keep this place lively. Yes, I've noticed you're being somewhat "drawn into the gutter", but who hasn't been? It's kind of natural, as I see it...if one receives so much antagonism and nastiness long enough, there isn't a vow in the world which will keep them from eventually fighting back. So what?

On the other hand, yes, it's not healthy for YOU to have those feelings, so I certainly undersatnd you wanting to get away from a place which enables them...hell, makes them damned hard to fight AGAINST! I'll just miss you awfully...I hope it's a short vacation.

Just remember; anyone who can't take the heat doesn't belong in RWED, and I KNOW you can take the heat. What you give back is up to you, but I have no problem with your posting style at all. The only way it bothers me at ALL is that you and Mike only hurt yourselves by letting 'em get to you.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:27 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

I say this with love...well, like, in my heart....

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:30 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by Niki2:

Oh damn, Sig, I wish you wouldn't. You have a LOT of valid stuff to say and keep this place lively. Yes, I've noticed you're being somewhat "drawn into the gutter", but who hasn't been? It's kind of natural, as I see it...if one receives so much antagonism and nastiness long enough, there isn't a vow in the world which will keep them from eventually fighting back. So what?

On the other hand, yes, it's not healthy for YOU to have those feelings, so I certainly undersatnd you wanting to get away from a place which enables them...hell, makes them damned hard to fight AGAINST! I'll just miss you awfully...I hope it's a short vacation.

Just remember; anyone who can't take the heat doesn't belong in RWED, and I KNOW you can take the heat. What you give back is up to you, but I have no problem with your posting style at all. The only way it bothers me at ALL is that you and Mike only hurt yourselves by letting 'em get to you.

Who's letting 'em "get to" me?

I poke Rappy to watch him twitch, because it's mildly amusing watching his contortions as he tries to fit his distorted, warped little worldview into his tiny little narrow mind while others keep trying to pry his eyes open to reality.

I poke DT now and again, just to get him to think a bit more.

Mostly, I just like asking the uncomfortable questions, the ones that people don't even think of in their comfortable little boxes, where they think they have it all figured out.

But there's not a single poster here who has the ability to "get to" me. Sometimes life throws me things that take up my time (like a computer at work that is quite literally slower than my old dial-up connection, despite supposedly being hooked to a high-speed internet connection), but nothing that "gets to" me.

I know my exact place in the universe, and I'm pretty good with it. I always figured you were the same way, Signy. Hopefully you will be again.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:03 PM

DREAMTROVE

Sig,

As Geezer said to me last time I did that, before he did it himself: sometimes we all have to do that, or we go insane.

Its true that this is a very combative place, and does not bring out the best in us. Take a vacation in a a friendly place, and y'all come back, we'll still be here. Prolly still be fighting.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:41 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Sometimes a vacation is needed, just so you can put things in perspective and realize that RWED is just a small, and pretty unimportant, part of life.

Hope we can get back to having discussions rather than fights when you come back.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:57 PM

CANTTAKESKY

When I took my vacation from RWED, nobody begged me to stay or even said goodbye. Well, one person said goodbye in private email.

I was like, "Bye, RWED. I'm leaving."

And then, crickets.

So have a break knowing you're vastly more popular than I am here. That should be worth a smile on your way out.

I hope you are smiling when you come back in.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 2:34 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

CTS, fret not. There's a very cliquish clan here, and most of us aren't in it.

Be glad for it, really.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 3:02 PM

BYTEMITE

Sig, I've been wanting to ask you if you've been doing all right because I've noticed you fighting with people you normally don't, but I held back because I thought that would be unwelcome, or seen as insincere.

Perhaps I should have, and then you wouldn't feel pushed as far as I imagine you've felt pushed.

In any case, when it comes to feeling like that, feeling backed into a corner and everyone against you, sometimes taking a break is all you can do. You have to take that time for yourself.

And I hope that when you come back, the board won't feel so negative.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 4:36 PM

HARDWARE

Take time, take care of your health, mental, physical and spiritual. Come back when you can.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

...and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36

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Monday, March 28, 2011 11:03 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

CTS, if I'd seen a "bye" post by you, I'd DEFINITELY have responded. Yours is a vital voice here, one I wouldn't want to lose for even a short time, either. I didn't see it, but I'm real glad you're back. I often note when someone posts who I haven't seen for a while--I imagine wrongly sometimes because I just missed their posts--but I wouldn't want to lose ANY of you guys, with a few obvious exceptions.

I fully understand anyone needing to get away from here; I'm much happier now that I come for briefer periods of time and sometimes don't come for a few days. That's my answer to the problem, and it's working for me. I find I have better perspective as to which threads are even worth attention, and it's much easier to pull away and not get trapped into an absurd argument. That's an improvement over how it was for me before. Too much time here and too often makes me lose perspective and feel responding or making points is more important than it is.

Mike, by "get to you" I meant that you are willing to get down and dirty with them, that's all. Wrong choice of words: my bad. I know that, like me, they can't really get to you, I just find it a shame when you post some of the things you do. That's probably because I'd like to believe we sane people won't stoop to their level, so it's only MY "stuff", has nothing to do with you per se. 'Kay?

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Monday, March 28, 2011 3:22 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

I like both CTS and Signe. Everyone needs breaks sometimes. CTS I would miss seeing ya if you disappeared. I don't agree with everything that either Signe or CTS say, but I find truth in things that they write. The bottom line is that none of us are going to agree on everything, it would be kind of weird if we did.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Monday, March 28, 2011 5:25 PM

CANTTAKESKY

Thank you, guys.

Yes, breaks from RWED are good and sometimes badly needed. But it is also good to come back. After so many years, you guys are "family" like the bar at Cheers.

Where everybody knows your name. At least, your fake name.

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Monday, March 28, 2011 5:48 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

SignyM

Take care of yourself. This IS just a very small corner of a very large world. Perhaps we'll see you later.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 8:12 AM

KANEMAN

Why just a short while? take forever if you need it.

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